Effect of low-dose radiation pre-irradiation on postoperative local chest wall recurrence of breast cancer—A retrospective study by Ruifang Zeng, Hanyu Wang, Xiaojun Cai, Junhao Lin, Pengfei Li, Shan Zeng, Aimin Li

“…Results Compared to patients who did not undergo LDR, patients in the LDR group showed a higher incidence of grade I side effects in their skin and soft tissue systems (p = 0.002), a significant reduction in grade II side effects (p < 0.05), and no grade III side effects. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on trauma patients and orthopedic trauma operations at a single focused training center for trauma in Korea by Wonseok Choi, Hanju Kim, Whee Sung Son, Seungyeob Sakong, Jun-Min Cho, Nak-Jun Choi, Tae-Wook Noh, Namryeol Kim, Jae-Woo Cho, Jong-Keon Oh

“…Results The study included 3,032 patients who presented to the emergency department with traumatic injuries from January to April 2017 to 2021. …”
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Early Postoperative Pain Control and Inflammation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparison of Continuous Adductor Canal Block versus Single-Shot Adductor Canal Block... by Xiaojuan Yang, Jun Dong, Wei Xiong, Fusen Huang

“…The aim of this study was to compare pain control and inflammation among patients who received a continuous adductor canal block (CACB) versus single-shot adductor canal block (SACB) combined with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) analgesia in the first two days after surgery. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis for risk factors for lung cancer in individuals with lung nodules identified by low-dose CT screening by Matthew Callister, Harry J de Koning, Robert C Rintoul, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, John K Field, Christine D Berg, Samantha Quaife, Rhian Gabe, Stephen Duffy, Sam Janes, Philip AJ Crosbie, Mark M Hammer, Panos Alexandris, Michael PA Davies

“…Therefore, there is a need to identify individuals who need no interval CT between screening rounds.Methods and analysis The aim of this study is to identify risk factors predictive of LC, which are known at the time of the scan, in patients with LDCT screen-detected lung nodules. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“… Landscape paintings were one of the earliest visual art renditions of the Malay land in Malaysia. Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. …”
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Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy Among Single Mothers in Khartoum, Sudan: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences by Amal Abdelgadir Ali Mohamed, Elshafee Ahmed Apaker Babiker, Sohair Mohmoud Godat, Salma Mohammed Gomaa Doalbet, Aida AF Ahmed, Maha Hamed Mohamed Ali, Abdalkhaliq Ahmed Obadi, Amna Mohammed Ali Mustafa, Amani Awad Elkarim Taha, Amira Elnour Eltayeb Elbashir, Ragaa Gasim Ahmed, Fahad A Alghamdi, Waled AM Ahmed

“…Results: The study found that most of the single mothers in Khartoum who gave birth out of wedlock were young and had just completed their university education. …”
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Burden of micronutrient deficiency among patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanjay Kalra, Shiv Dutt Gupta, Daya Krishan Mangal, Diksha Gautam, Anuj Kumar Pandey, Nida Shaikh, Himanshu Tolani, Yeshwanth Sonnathi, Kamlesh Chand Sharma, Jagdish Prasad, Rajeev Tewari, Fahmina Anwar

“…The prevalence of micronutrient deficiency varied across WHO regions.Conclusions Micronutrient deficiencies were common in T2D patients, the most common being vitamin D deficiency. …”
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Hubungan Hiperglikemia dengan Prothrombin Time pada Mencit (Mus musculus) yang Diinduksi Aloksan by Muhammad Ibnu Malik, Ellyza Nasrul, Asterina .

“…The subject were white mice (Mus musculus) who have met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Cost–utility and budget impact analysis of tocilizumab for the treatment of refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Thailand by Nitichen Kittiratchakool, Disorn Kulpokin, Chonticha Chanjam, Soamarat Vilaiyuk, Sirirat Charuvanij, Gun Phongsamart, Parichat Khaosut, Manasita Tanya, Ratanavadee Nanagara, Sira Nantapaisarn, Pattara Leelahavarong

“…Objectives This study aimed to analyse the cost–utility and budget impact of adding tocilizumab to the standard treatment for patients with refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) in Thailand.Design Economic evaluation using a decision-analytical model.Setting Thailand.Participants Patients with refractory sJIA who were ≥2 years old.Methods The use of tocilizumab as an add-on therapy to standard treatment was compared with standard treatment alone. …”
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Community Use and Perceptions of Climate Shelters in Schoolyards in Barcelona by Marta Sanz-Mas, Marta Sanz-Mas, Xavier Continente, Xavier Continente, Xavier Continente, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, María José López, María José López, María José López, María José López

“…ObjectivesThis study explores the use and perceptions of thermal comfort and wellbeing among the local community in the schoolyards in Barcelona that had been transformed into accessible climate shelters.MethodsWe conducted a qualitative evaluation through a spontaneous ethnographic approach, combining 22 non-participant observations in the 11 transformed schoolyards with brief spontaneous interviews with 76 users and 18 caretakers who supervised the schoolyards during non-school days (June–July 2022). …”
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Die Entstehung der Entstehung by Thomas Christensen

“…Today, the context of Dahlhaus’s monumental book may not be clear to all readers, as it engages in dialogue (sometimes explicitly, often implicitly) with a number of other (mainly German) musicologists who were writing during the two decades immediately preceding its publication about questions related to the origins of harmonic tonality. …”
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Impact of mild hypothermic circulatory arrest on surgical outcomes in acute type a aortic dissection patients: a single-centre study by Zhenxiong Li, Hao Tang, Chao Deng, Kangjun Shen, Jingyu Li, Song Tian, WenYao Zhan, Ling Tan

“…Methods Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients who underwent total arch replacement (TAR) and frozen elephant trunk (FET) surgery between January 2014 and December 2023 were enrolled in this study. …”
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Infectious keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy: a 13-year study at a tertiary center by Alireza Attar, Hossein Jamali, Julio Ortega-Usobiaga, Golnoush Mahmoudinezhad, Dagny Zhu, Mohammad Mohammadi

“…The study was conducted in two stages: the first stage assessed the incidence of post-PRK infectious keratitis among patients who underwent PRK at our center, while the second stage included all patients with post-PRK infectious keratitis, regardless of where their PRK was performed. …”
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Leveraging Administrative Health Databases to Address Health Challenges in Farming Populations: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis (1975-2024) by Pascal Petit, Nicolas Vuillerme

“…Administrative health databases (AHDs) are increasingly reused in population-based research and digital public health, especially for populations such as farmers, who face distinct environmental risks. …”
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Serum Level Alteration of IL-6, IL-1β, and IFN-γ in Groups of Healthy Adults with Oxidative DNA Damage in Najaf Governorate by Dhuha S. Saleh, Hayder S. Hussain, Hasan N. Al-Haidari, Samia K. Abbas, Ayaid K. Zgair, Seenaa M. Ali

“…The control group 4 (G4; n, 25) were adult healthy Iraqi volunteers who were residents of the Sulaimaniyah governorate, which has low-level uranium pollution. …”
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Characteristics of the Approximate-Optimal Training Indicators of Goalkeepers in Modern Football by Igor Doroshenko, Andrii Svatyev, Valerij Shamardin, Bogdan Khorkavyy, Daria Vaniuk, Eduard Doroshenko

“…Material and methods. 14 athletes who are training at MFC “Metalurg” (Zaporizhzhya), playing the role – of goalkeeper: 3 athletes – MFC “Metalurg” (Zaporizhzhya), 3 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-19” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-17” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-16” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-15” (Zaporizhzhya), 2 athletes – MFC “Metalurg, U-14” (Zaporizhzhya). …”
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Clinic evaluation of cognitive impairment in post-COVID syndrome: Performance on legacy pen-and-paper and new digital cognitive tests by Aysha Mohamed Rafik Patel, Gina Gilpin, Anna Koniotes, Catherine Warren, Cian Xu, Paul W. Burgess, Dennis Chan

“…Results: The overall sample had a mean ACE-III score of 91/100 (SD 6) with 15.7% (16/102) scoring at or below the cut-off score considered to represent objective cognitive impairment. Of the 20 individuals who also completed the LCCAB, 89.47% were impaired on at least one task, primarily in the domains of attention, executive function and processing speed. …”
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Impact of dexmedetomidine-ropivacaine versus sufentanil-ropivacaine combination for epidural labour analgesia on neonatal outcomes: a pilot randomised clinical trial by Dong-Xin Wang, Chun-Mei Deng, Ke-Xin Jin, Ting Ding, Yuan Qu

“…Objective To investigate the impact of dexmedetomidine-ropivacaine combination versus sufentanil-ropivacaine combination for epidural labour analgesia on neonatal and maternal outcomes and test the feasibility of a future large, randomised trial.Design A randomised, double-blind, pilot clinical trial from 16 March 2023 to 15 June 2023.Setting A tertiary-care hospital in Beijing, China.Participants 200 women aged≥18 years who had full-term single pregnancy and were scheduled for vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia.Interventions Eligible participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive self-controlled epidural labour analgesia using ropivacaine supplemented with either dexmedetomidine (0.45 µg/mL for induction and 0.36 µg/mL for maintenance) or sufentanil (0.45 µg/mL for induction and 0.36 µg/mL for maintenance).Main outcomes and measures The primary endpoint was a composite of neonatal morbidity, including 1- or 5 min Apgar score&lt;7, umbilical artery PH&lt;7.1, requirement for immediate assisted ventilation and admission to neonatal ward or intensive care unit within 24 hours. …”
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UAE pharmacists’ perceptions of the causes of unwanted or unused medications, their practices, and barriers to promoting safe medication disposal by the public by Maram O. Abbas, Semira Beshir, Doaa Kamal AlKhalidi, Eiman Shamseldin Al Gailani Ali, Yosra Lozon, Rizah Anwar Assadi, Hana Ghdaiba, Rahaf Adnan AL-Zeer

“…A convenience sampling approach was used, where pharmacists who were available during the data collection period were invited to participate. …”
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Cytogenetically Unrelated Clones in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Showing Different Responses to Chemotherapy by Kohei Kasahara, Masahiro Onozawa, Naohiro Miyashita, Emi Yokohata, Miho Yoshida, Minoru Kanaya, Mizuha Kosugi-Kanaya, Ryo Takemura, Shojiro Takahashi, Junichi Sugita, Akio Shigematsu, Mutsumi Takahata, Shinichi Fujisawa, Daigo Hashimoto, Katsuya Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Endo, Takeshi Kondo, Takanori Teshima

“…The patient was a 45-year-old male who was diagnosed with acute monoblastic leukemia (AMoL). …”
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